Hooray for The Dallas Morning News for wisely denouncing the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity's mandate for the states to turn over private voter information.

In my opinion, it is beyond suspicious that the person obtaining this unconstitutional personal data is Kris Kobach, the Kansas secretary of state, who has made it harder for people to register and vote.

And all to satisfy our vainglorious president's obsession with proving he would have gotten the majority of the popular vote if it were not for the illegal voting. My, my -- PATHETIC!

AliceAnne Ebinger, Allen

States should guard privacy

No, no, a thousand times NO! How dare the Texas secretary of state "release voters' full names, addresses, dates of birth, voting history dating to 2006 and voting status" to the feds? Trump's advisory committee also wants political party, criminal records, military status and the last four digits of Social Security numbers. As usual, Trump tweets "Numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished voter fraud panel. What are they trying to hide?"

Nothing! States should protect privacy rights and sensitive data of its citizens. I'm sure Republicans are just as furious as Democrats about this issue. Is "President" Trump still desperately trying to prove his allegations that he won the popular vote, or is he putting together an "enemies" list to purge voter rolls?

Sandy Elkins, Plano

A step toward totalitarianism?

One of the first Nazi government actions was to require that personal records of its citizens be submitted to the government. With this information, censors were able to catalog submissions by race, religion, political affiliations. Is this a step toward totalitarianism?

Theodore Rubin, Dallas

A threat to freedom

It is past time to wake up to the threat posed by the administration's request for voter information. It seems clear that the request is just one more way to undermine our civil liberties and right to privacy. If both parties are sounding the alarm over this request, then you know there is something else going on.

Here are a couople of quotes: Republican Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said, "My reply would be: They can go jump in the Gulf of Mexico, and Mississippi is a great state to launch from." Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said, "At best this commission was set up as a pretext to validate Donald Trump's alternative election facts, and at worst is a tool to commit large-scale voter suppression."

It is no secret Trump is focused on "fake news" to the exclusion of almost everything else. The constant negative statements from the president are designed to sow mistrust among all of us. Now, this.

Thomas Jefferson was right when he said, "Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press and that cannot be limited without being lost." Losing the privilege and the right to hear opposing views is a step toward losing your freedom.